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Consciousness of brain
Hogan, Michael J. (Psychological Society of Ireland, 2006)Evolved consciousness makes possible a rich variety of experience, transmissible from mind to mind via poetical and logical symbolism. Scientific experience involves mapping the energy of the system onto a correspondent ... -
Consideration of coastal risk in the Irish spatial planning process
Flannery, Wesley; Lynch, Kevin; Ó Cinnéide, Micheál (Elsevier, 2014-11-29)The vulnerability of coastal areas to associated hazards is increasing due to population growth, development pressure and climate change. It is incumbent on coastal governance regimes to address the vulnerability of coastal ... -
A contextual behavioral approach to the study of (persecutory) delusions
Stewart, Corinna; Stewart, Ian; Hughes, Sean (Elsevier, 2016-09-04)Throughout the past century the topic of delusions has mainly been studied by researchers operating at the mental level of analysis. According to this perspective, delusional beliefs, as well as their emergence and ... -
Contradictions and tensions of the practice of masculinities in school: interrogating embodiment and 'good buddy talk'
Kehler, Michael; Davison, Kevin; Frank, Blye (Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2005)Masculinity, and gender more broadly, has been theorised as a series of performative and discursive acts (Butler, 1990) which are constituted contextually and culturally. Not only are masculinities enacted differently ... -
Cost competitive places: shifting fortunes and the closure of Dell's manufacturing facility in Ireland
Grimes, Seamus; Collins, Patrick (2011)In the early days of 2009 the city of Limerick in the mid-west region of Ireland was dealt a massive blow by the PC manufacturer Dell. After months, if not years, of speculation, the company had finally decided to move all ... -
Creating a safety culture: What are the consequences.
O'Hora, Denis (2012)Getting our work done safely is an ethical and financial imperative. An effective safety culture depends on the consequences for behaviour at every level of the organisation. The safety culture of an organization is not ... -
The Cretan Slinger at War: a weighty exchange. 1-39.
Kelly, Amanda (2012)Lead slingshots discovered on Cretan sites carry considerable weight regarding the nature of warfare on the island in the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods. On Crete, inscribed lead sling bullets have been reported ... -
'Croke Park goes Plumb Crazy' Gaelic Games in Pathé Newsreels, 1920–1939
Crosson, Seán; McAnallen, Dónal (Taylor and Francis, 2011)From the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, and over the next two decades, arose great efforts in Ireland to augment political independence from Britain with enhanced cultural separation. During this period the ... -
Crowdsourcing Annotation and the Social Edition : Ossian Online
Barr, Rebecca Anne; Tonra, Justin (2014)James Macpherson s Ossian poems were the international sensation of the eighteenth-century. First published in 1760, Macpherson s work caused a literary furore. Ostensibly translations from Gaelic manuscripts, the poems ... -
Cultivating thought-full and creative thinkers: A comment on quality merging Costa with Claxton et al.
Hogan, Michael. J. (Elsevier, 2006-05-15)The two keynote papers in the first issue of Thinking Skills and Creativity provide significant food for thought. Working to teach thinking skills and creativity is a real challenge. Many university professors shadow this ... -
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, Gate Theatre
Lonergan, Patrick (Irish Theatre Magazine, 2004)Dancing at Lughnasa premiered at the Abbey in 1990, and was produced in Dublin during five of the ten subsequent years – using the same director and designer every time. Our understanding of the play has therefore been ... -
Dancing on a one-way street: Irish reactions to Dancing at Lughnasa in New York
Lonergan, Patrick (Syracuse University Press, 2009)[No abstract available] -
Dangerously Empty? Hegemony and the construction of the Irish Entrepreneur
Kenny, Kate; Scriver, Stacey (SAGE Journals Online, 2012-03)In this paper we build on Jones and Spicer's (2009) conceptualisation of the entrepreneur as an empty signifier. We explore the function of the signifier 'entrepreneurship' within a social context marked by crisis: Ireland ... -
Dante Alighieri from absence to stony presence: building memories in nineteenth-century Florence
O'Connor, Anne (Taylor & Francis, 2013-10-12)The Dante narrative is one of the key narratives of nineteenth-century Italy in the self-fashioning of Italian patriotism. This article looks at the momentum behind the project to commemorate Dante in Florence in the early ... -
Defining Colony and Empire in 19th-Century Irish Nationalism
Pilkington, Lionel; Ryder, Sean (Irish Academic Press, 2005)[no abstract available] -
Defining the heathen Irish and the pagan African: two similar discourses a century apart
Bateman, Fiona (2008)This article looks at two different missionary projects separated by space and time: British Protestant missions to Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century; and Irish Roman Catholic missions to Africa in the 1920 and 1930s. ... -
Delay in seeking medical help following transient ischemic attack (TIA) or "Mini-Stroke": a qualitative study
Mc Sharry, Jennifer; Baxter, Alison; Wallace, Louise M.; Kenton, Anthony; Turner, Andrew; French, David P. (Public Library of Science, 2014-08-19)Background: Prompt treatment following Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) can reduce the risk of subsequent stroke and disability. However, many patients delay in making contact with medical services. This study aimed to ... -
Dependence-Deconstruction: Widening Participation and Traditional-Entry Students Transitioning from School to Higher Education in Ireland
Keane, Elaine (2011)Equality and quality in higher education (HE) are frequently juxtaposed in the literature. This paper presents evidence to contest deficit assumptions about widening participation, particularly the belief that entering HE ... -
The detention of voluntary and involuntary patients in mental health facilities: the ethical considerations
National Advisory Committee on Bioethics; Green, Andrew; Bradley, Colin; Gordijn, Bert; Hull, Richard; Kennedy, Harry; Madden, Deirdre; McAuley, Adam; McCarthy, Joan; McQuillan, Regina; Sheikh, Asim A.; Smith, David (Department of Health, 2015)It has been estimated that one in four people will experience some form of mental ill-health in their lifetime.1 This can range from feelings of anxiety, to depression, to more severe mental health problems, such as ... -
Developing behaviour-based solutions that last: Examples from industry.
O'Hora, Denis (Irish Ergonomics Society, 2011)Organizational behaviour management (OBM) is an approach to enhancing the performance of organizations. Based originally on the theories of B. F. Skinner and other psychologists, OBM practitioners ...